You should probably also add a CHECKED to one of the options, as a default. It can be unselected, but it gives you a better chance of getting real user input.
Mik At 01:16 PM 11/4/2009, Andy Matthews wrote: >With radio buttons, checkboxes, and multiple select dropdowns it doesn't >matter if the form is there on the view page. If no one selects one of the >options in those input fields, the key doesn't exist in the form. > >Use cfparam, or StructKeyExists(FORM,'key') to make sure it's there before >using it. > > >andy > >-----Original Message----- >From: Timothy Laureska [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:00 PM >To: cf-talk >Subject: Form Insanity > > >Hello: > >Can somebody tell me why this from select box form and processing template >produce the message that "Element UNIT_ID_OTHER" is undefined in form" > ><form> ><select name="unit_id_other" multiple="yes"> <option value="">Select Unit >(if applicable) <option value="">---------------------------------- ><cfoutput query="list_units"> ><option value="#unit_id#">#unit_name# ></cfoutput> ></select> ></form> > >processing template > ><cfif #form.unit_id_other# IS NOT ""> ><cfquery datasource="#datasource#" name="find_other_unit"> SELECT * FROM >dhmh_units where unit_id IN (#form.unit_id_other#) </cfquery> </cfif> > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:328029 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
